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OneRepublic - I Lived (Official Music Video)

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Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall

Hope when the water rises, you built a wall

Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name

Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay

Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad

The only way you can know is give it all you have

And I hope that you don't suffer but take the gain

Hope when the moment comes, you'll say

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken heart, I swear I lived

Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up

And when that sun goes down, hope you raise it up

Oh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your fame

But until my moment comes, I'll say

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Oh, oh, oh, oh

With every broken heart, I swear I lived.

With every broken heart, I swear I

I, I did it all

I, I did it all

I owned every second that this world could give

I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken heart, I swear I lived.

Oh, oh, oh, oh

I swear I lived

Oh, oh

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Disturbed  - The Sound Of Silence [Official Music Video]

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"The Sound of Silence" by Simon&Garfunkel - lyrics

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"The Sound of Silence" by Simon&Garfunkel - lyrics

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Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets

Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls"
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence

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Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill [Official Lyric Video]

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OneRepublic - Counting Stars (Official Music Video)

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When I was six years old I broke my leg

I was running from my brother and his friends

And tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass I rolled down

I was younger then, take me back to when I

Found my heart and broke it here

Made friends and lost them through the years

And I've not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I've grown

But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way

Driving at ninety down those country lanes

Singing to "Tiny Dancer"

And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real

We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Fifteen years old and smoking hand-rolled cigarettes

Running from the law through the backfields and getting drunk with my friends

Had my first kiss on a Friday night, I don't reckon that I did it right

But I was younger then, take me back to when

We found weekend jobs, when we got paid

We'd buy cheap spirits and drink them straight

Me and my friends have not thrown up in so long, oh how we've grown

But I can't wait to go home

I'm on my way

Driving at ninety down those country lanes

Singing to "Tiny Dancer"

And I miss the way you make me feel, and it's real

We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill

One friend left to sell clothes

One works down by the coast

One had two kids but lives alone

One's brother overdosed

One's already on his second wife

One's just barely getting by

But these people raised me and I can't wait to go home

And I'm on my way, I still remember

This old country lanes

When we did not know the answers

And I miss the way you make me feel, it's real

We watched the sunset over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill

Over the castle on the hill

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Lately I been, I been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars

I see this life
Like a swinging vine
Swing my heart across the line
In my faces flashing signs
Seek it out and ye shall find
The old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
And I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told
I, feel something so right
Doing the wrong thing
I, feel something so wrong
But doing the right thing
I could lie, could lie, could lie
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive

Lately I been, I been losing sleep
Dreaming 'bout the things that we could be
Baby I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars…

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The song talks about the singer’s life experiences when he was a teenager, in his adolescence. Before writing the song, he has thought about all his life so far and he has had the desire to make others participate in his experience, because each of us once in our life has experienced his same feelings. Probably he has felt nostalgia of the past years so, writing, he has vented his feelings. I think also that he has written this song because he would like to go back home, as he has said in the song and to make each of us understand the importance of the choices we make, in a way that leads us to become what we are. AURORA

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The singer of this song, Ed Sheeran, has talked about his past, his childhood and how much he misses his young age. Ed Sheeran has talked about what he did when he was a teenager with his friends and how they changed: even if they aren't living their life to the fullest, he is proud of them because they raised him and he can't wait to go home. To me, this song talks about how much people want to go back to when they were young, without responsibilities and with more freedom; Ed Sheeran wanted to make people understand what growing up means. In my opinion with this song he said not to waste the time of their youth, because it doesn't come back and people can't go back.

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The singer maybe misses the days when he was younger. He maybe wants to go back to these days again, even the worst and hurtful. I think that the singer misses all his adolescence because he wants to go home as he has expressed in the song.

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"I was younger then, take me back to when I..." Ed Sheeran has remembered the carefree days and experiences of his youth. He describes his adolescent friendships, and the different paths friends have now taken. His feeling in this song is nostalgic about adolescence. He recorded this song to show that he lived a normal life and is a regular guy like everyone else, despite now being famous.

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Before writing the text, the author thinks with nostalgia of all his adolescence because he wants to go back, but it is impossible. He remembers when his heart had been broken and when he gave her his first kiss. He thinks he hasn't given it well... He thinks of all the friends he has lost over the years but who have left him something. He misses the way his adolescence and his city made him feel, so good and free from any negative side of life and the choices taken that made him what he is today.

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Before writing the lyrics of this song, the author has thought back to his adolescence and youth. He has felt nostalgic for the best years of his life, he has remembered his family and when he moved. He has had an afterthought, he has felt sad and he was eager to relive those moments in a period of his life when he was feeling alone, missing the way he felt at home with his family and friends. He wanted to come back to his teens and to his home but he couldn’t do it and for this reason he wrote down his thoughts, to feel closer to his past.

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I've chosen One Republic's song "I Lived". The singer has been inspired by a little guy, who suffers from serious health conditions. The singer shows compassion, but above all admiration for the boy. The singer is completely in love with his life. He feels himself strong and confident, so he wants to reach all his aims. He has been powerful for his whole life. For this reason, he wants to encourage the others to do the same. They should enjoy life without fear. He has chosen to live despite the pain.

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When the band One Republic wrote the song “I lived”, they felt the emotion that is experienced by living. In my opinion this song is a hymn to life. They want to make people understand that in our life we must do all without remorse, without rancour and above all without fear of what can happen, making that leap without fear to fall. Every day we are on this earth we must not do anything less than what we feel able to do. Because life is a precious gift and we must live it, enjoying every single moment, so we can say “I did it all”.

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"I LIVED" (One Republic) This song was written by two compositors and sang by One Republic. The message of the song is to try not to have many regrets, try to have as many experiences as possible. I think that this message has reached people very well, and especially that fan. The author has certainly felt empathy and in my opinion he was happy for the fan, who, despite his illness, would have no regrets.

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The Singer has written this Song to dedicate it to a fan who is affected by a disease called cystic fibrosis, so he wants to say to enjoy life, be happy, to use every moment to stay with the people who love us and help us when we are not well. I like this Song because it passes on an important message.

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COUNTING STARS For this work I've chosen the song Counting Stars of OneRepublic. I think he wrote this song for the girl he's trying to approach. This aspect comes out in the second part of the song when he says that he can hear her love burning. Paying attention to the song, we can see the two personalities in his head: the "innocent one" that thinks about love, couldn't lie and thinks the word isn't sold, and the "criminal one", when he says that everything that kills him makes him feel alive, or that he feels something right, but doing the wrong thing.

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Ryan Tedder wrote the song "I Lived" in 2013. He had a child and, while he was watching him grow up, he taught him how to live according to him, through this song. So he wanted to use a universal language that the child could understand. This song has been for all teenagers a way to learn to live completely, not to waste a moment; if you want to do something, even if you might regret it later, do it, as you can understand from the sentence "I owned every second that this world could give" and then "I swear, I lived" and to be convinced of your opinions without being influenced by others as you can listen in the phrase "Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay". When I listen to this song I reflect a lot on the lyrics, because I think it describes the path that every teenager goes through.

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He wrote this song to his son because he has got cystic fibrosis. The singer was inspired by the film "Dead Poets Society" because the film says to seize the moment so the song has got the same meaning. When he wrote this song, for me, he was sad because his son was sick. With this song the singer wanted to encourage his son and other people to live every second of their life without fear.

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The song “The sound of silence”, written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, has several meanings that they wanted transmit to us with their feelings. In fact, listening well to the words of the text it can be deduced the difficulty to communicate with the other people and the solitude of the writers.

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This song talks about one of the author’s fan who is ill with fibrosis. The singer talks about the emotions and experiences that boy will have in his life. He explains how he achieved all this with courage and enjoying every moment of his life. This song has a very profound meaning for many people which are reflected in the lyrics.